COPD

Devices that remotely monitor COPD patients’ conditions could help improve their outcomes, a study suggests. A Cedars-Sinai Medical Center team said there were signs in the previous research it analyzed ... Read more

Moving chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients from hospitals to their homes could improve the sustainability of Canada’s health system while improving individual outcomes, says the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare ... Read more

New York City’s Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart & Vascular Care has received interim approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to launch its new lung transplant program. Lung ... Read more

Researchers have identified two types of lung cells, one with regenerative features and the other with scar-forming characteristics, according to a study published in the journal Cell. The research ... Read more

Researchers have linked the presence of antibodies against the Aspergillus fumigatus (A fum) fungus with the development of bronchiectasis in people with COPD. The study, “Sensitization to Aspergillus fumigatus as a risk ... Read more

Toby Maher, MD, a professor at Imperial College London and based at the National Heart and Lung Institute, is one of three researchers who were awarded the prestigious Chair in Respiratory Research ... Read more

Ethris has entered into a five-year research partnership with AstraZeneca and its subsidiary MedImmune to develop mRNA-based therapies for lung diseases. The partnership will use Ethris’ proprietary SNIM®RNA technology. The nucleic ... Read more

University of North Carolina Health Care researchers have made strides toward a stem cell treatment for lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, COPD, and cystic fibrosis. In fact, they are ... Read more

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association is reminding adults with serious lung diseases that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccination against ... Read more

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